Love, Joy, Hope

Galatians 5:1, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”Dear One, I don’t know if the following words will be of help to you but I pray that if you find yourself in a situation, set of circumstances or maybe even years that have lacked freedom, I pray that you will find freedom through Christ.

So many things can hold us in slavery….

For the Israelites in the Old Testament often it was a hard hearted Pharaoh or a single person in a place of authority that had such hatred for the people of God that they attempted to completely destroy, enslave or control the Israelites.

In 2013 maybe you don’t have a Pharaoh to contend with….But maybe you have been abused or mistreated or maybe your identity has been attacked. Your captor could be your unforgiveness, fear or bitterness….

Maybe you need a Red Sea experience…

God asks you to place your faith solely in him, listen only to him, submit to his ways for your life and let him take care of the details…

Maybe freedom is a place where only God can part the waters and even though you have an army and a very angry Pharaoh chasing you, you need to step out in graciousness and submission to God’s authority in your life…cling to him and praise Him as you walk across on dry land.

Freedom my friends is worth fighting for.

Its what Christ achieved for us through his death on the cross.

It is so easy to slip back into slavery and maybe it is your pride, your desire for control, your need for approval or habitual sin that holds you captive.

Flee to Christ, come humbly before your Creator, lay your life bare and he will be your mighty deliverer….

Seek the help you require to unbind the chains that hold you fast.

Know whose you are and know who you are in Christ.

Read His word, the Bible, submit, pray and seek Him and you will find freedom.

He will give you the strength to endure and you will come out rising high with the eagle.

Soaring above your pain, your former captors and everything that seeks to destroy the person that God created you to be.

Dare to dream….

For the best is yet to come…

Here is to FREEDOM!

I search for You God of strength

I bow to You in my brokenness

And no other King could have so humbly come

To save my soul and heal my heart

I have nothing more than all You offer me

There is nothing else that’s of worth to me

I love You Lord

You rescued me

You are all that I want

You’re all that I need

I pray to You God of peace

I rest in You my cares released

I have nothing more than all You offer me

There is nothing else that’s of worth to me

I love You Lord

You rescued me

You are all that I want

You’re all that I need

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“The path of right-living people is level. The Leveler evens the road for the right-living.We’re in no hurry, God. We’re content to linger in the path sign-posted with your decisions. Who you are and what you’ve done are all we’ll ever want.”Isaiah 26:7-9 (Message Bible)